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How Basajjabalaba earns money from government

Many people are baffled howKampalacity business mogul Hassan Basajjabalaba fights with city vendors over the management of markets such as St. Balikudembe, Nakasero and Shauriyaako markets.  We have heard million of Ugandans allege that truly Basajjabalaba is interested in taking over the daily administration of city markets. We bet. Basajjabalaba no longer has interests in […]

Bad Black acquires fraudulent passport

Intelligence officers in Kampala are probing reports that city socialite Bad Black real names Shanita Namuyimbwa fraudulently acquired a passport. The investigations started after Bad Black last week unsuccessfully applied to secure a Germany Visa so as to travel to Germany. Bad Black was granted bail in December last year after she had been on […]

Uganda Development Bank reduces interest rates

As a result of the recent hikes of interest rates in the market, many corporate businesses are encountering difficulties in paying back the loans they have acquired from the commercial banks. A couple of weeks back, the traders in Uganda through their umbrella association of ‘Kampala City Traders Association’ staged a sit-down strike protesting against […]

Police arrests city thugs

The police inKampalahave arrested 10 suspected thugs in Kisenyi, a Kampala Citysuburb. The Deputy Police spokesperson Judith Nabakooba says that the suspects were found with iron bars, fake guns and keys the police suspects were being used to open peoples’ houses at night. Nabakooba says that the suspects would be paraded before journalists after investigations. […]

KCCA used 800 million shillings to evict vendors

The Lord Mayor ofKampala, Hajji Erias Lukwago has set up a committee to find out how 800 million shillings were used to evict vendors from the city streets. Lukwago says that there is no way how the KCCA director, Jenifer Musisi Semakula could have used 800 million shillings in evicting vendors. However a source in […]

Zuena now resorts to taxi transport

Gargamel crew first lady and singer Bebe Cool’s wife Zuena has turned to using boda bodas and taxis to move around the city. Zuena, a mother and also an upcoming artist has been seen a number of times by our informers in Kampala jumping into taxis or on boda bodas like ordinary persons. Recently Zuena […]

KCCA director Jenifer Musisi Semakula to light up city streets

KCCA has put aside two million US dollars to install traffic lights onKampalacity streets. Some of the traffic lights in Nankulabye, Namuwongo, Kawempe among other areas last worked 15 years back.  The Executive Director of KCCA, Ms Jenifer Musisi says that the authority wants the traffic light in the city to be functioning. She says […]

Government tightens security over demonstration threats

The police inKampalahave tightened security around the city after intelligence reports indicated that members of opposition were planning to stage violent protests inKampalaover  high commodity prices.  Sources in security tell this informer that the members of opposition activists for change are planning to demonstrate onKampalastreets for a full week starting on next Monday.  The security […]

KCCA to evict encroachers in Kampala

The Executive Director of Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA), Jenifer Musisi Semakula has said that the council is going to evict people who have constructed in wetlands aroundKampala.  She says that many people have encroached on wetland in Lubigi, Bwaise, Kalerwe and alongEntebberoad. Addressing news men at City Hall building inKampalatoday, Musisi said that construction […]

Governance to close schools without pit latrines

Education and Sports Minister, Jessica Alupo has threatened to close all primary and secondary schools around the country that would be found without pit latrines or toilets.  Ms Alupo says that her ministry has got reports that some schools in the country especially in rural areas and slums operate without toilets or pit latrines.  The […]